Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-03-27
SPORTING.
BASE BALL.

The members Of the Monumental City
aggregation viii look like animated sec
tons Of the national flag when on the field
this year. They will wear white shirts,
blue pants and red stockings
Toledo has at last organized a team 1t
has secured membership in the Ohio State
League, has leased grounds and signed al
most a full complement Of players C.. c.
Whitman Will manage the club
1t Is generally understood thai FOutz's
signature cost 5000. We don't know
how the extra Thousand was arranged, but
If IL was secured on the strength ofa phot-
Ograph there is some hope vet for even
Mike Muldocn.
CarTuthers has attached his signature TO
a Won der Abe contract Although there
is always room for debate 3s to what \
players salary is, it's not unreasonable TO
say that both Carruthers and Foutz receive
the same amOunt-SS,Oo0
HndSon's mother is lying at the point Of
death. Under the existing condition Of
things the yOnBg pitcher will not be able
10 join the Browns for sOme time 70 come.
By his fathers death Hudson and his two
sisters will eventually come into possession
Of an estate valued at $4,000.
Very few Boston people will 90 TO Europe
this summer. The attractions on the
other side OF the water are not a sufficient
inducement 10 separate them from the
only Mike.
1t is to he hoped that when the St Louis
-1.,-a-g nA..I .lz.r srr,nu Ear 1nlFanannlIS
they will leave that senseleSs word Ma
rooms behind with Lucas indianapolis
doesn't wish TO be painted any such color.
The word is suggestive Of female haber-
dasbery.-Ddrof Fre Pres.
Won der Abe says any one could have
one or all Of his PLAYERS for S9,0O0 apiece.
Just So. The financial market Of Won der
Aheyille fluctuates only one way-up-
wards. It's no trouble TO Chris TO raise
prices. Three months ago $500 was the
figure.
If a hall goes over n cOmeo OF the plate,
or Is a t1fe nj OF the prescribed. limits,
the umpire has been instructed TO call il a
strike. This will place the pitcher on al
equality with the batsman, and will also.
give the spectators a chance IL hawl and
curse at the umpire.
The first Allegheny player to make a
home run at Recreation Park this season
in a championship contest Will he the recip-
lent ola handsome present. The donor Is
a Young lady, a resident of this city, who
is an admirer of the home club. What
the article will be has not yet been decided
upon.
The PLAYERS Benevolent and Protective
Union threStens TO rise up and declare IL
self. 1t thinks the League has gone too
far in placing players where they wish,
against the wills Of the players, and says ii
the League does not desist in its Tuinous
policy it will take things into lis own
hands and smash the reserve rule into
smlthereenS
Spectators al hall games must take all
risks in regard 20 accidents. When a
spectator purchases a ticket, secures a seat
and sees q ball game, the contract between
him and the hall club Is ended. II a feul
tip happens 10 stray the way Of the unfor-
tunate attendant, the latter must either
dodge or take the consequences. So SAYS
Judge DOnohue. of New York. And il
would hc funny II it was any other way.
Manager John Kelly has a little scheme
for the Louisville pitchers. He will make
them practice with an iron hall weighing
about two pounds. This will make The
regulation leather feel - light that when
a pitcher gets hold of il after practicing
with the iron one he can throw il with the
speed of a cannon. Between this and the
ten.mile daily run. King John will pull
the Bourb0ns pretty well To the front.
MC-AleeT i somewhat al a Splinter. He
has a record OF - seconds. --Nanphr, NriIs-
itar. MemphianS may know something
about running horses aud be able Ia read
an intelligent article Oh base ball. but they
ale evidently not onto the willy knights OF
the einder path. If McAleer can do any
thing like the above time he has No bust
ness playing ball for a living. Two or
three seconds down South, though, doesn't
make much difference.
Who will he the first man TO 90 on rec
ord ~ blacklisting a player because he re-
FUSES 10 sign: This Is q question that Is
now having some attention. The law Will
make a man live mp TO a contract, Int il
rather ridiculous to presume that the law
will cOmgei a man 10 sign a contract
against his will.
Rev. T. Dewitt Tllmage differs a little
from Sammy lone. in his views Of the ma
tionsl game. He says: All hail to the
man or big boy who invented base ball
playing. never saw q maj 90 ont with a
fishing nod. or take pleasant drive. that !
did not wish him 4 good time. In a w0ri,
where God lets HiS lambs iriSk. His tres
toss His stars twinkle and His flowers 10
make love to each other, know that He
intends that man should live in JOY. 81
leDce itself is only music asleep, and recre-
alton j. recreation.
There was one thing done at the North
western league meeting. This was the
neadOption vi The reserve rule. last year
this rule WAS abolished, Int under IT next
wear each club will be permitted 10 reserve
fourteen men. The reservation. however.
will only apply 10 the League itself, for
under the national agreement the Naton3l
league and American Association are at
liberty 10 take from the smaller Leagues
any PLAYER whose services they may de,lTe.
OF course it's optional with the player 10
20 with those clubs. The rule. however,
will have one good effect, - IL ~lll have 4
tendency 10 keep down salaries, and pre-
vent such disputes a. that which was st
one time promised over Sage. now OF the
Dis MoinCS.